Dave is an Emmy-Winning Director and Producer with 20 years of experience shaping global franchises across film, TV, experiences, and immersive media. As VP of Franchise Creative & Immersive Development at Marvel Studios, he helped lead creative brand and innovation strategy across 30+ blockbuster films, premium streaming series, parks, and groundbreaking storytelling formats and experiences.

He’s developed and directed original pilots, worked with top-tier producers and filmmakers, and collaborated with internal and external production teams to bring ambitious ideas to global audiences in evolving distribution models.

His work spans traditional and real-time pipelines, and platform-first content strategies for both conventional screens and immersive mediums. He’s led groundbreaking campaigns, built next-gen experiential formats, and driven cross-functional innovative narratives—managing concept-to-execution content that unites storytelling, production, and platform development into unforgettable narratives.

Dave serves on the Executive Committee for the Television Academy's Emerging Media Peer Group, shaping the future of story innovation across new formats and technologies. His work has earned global recognition:

- 81st Venice International Film Festival (First ever for Marvel Studios)
- Lumiere Award Winner
- Webby Award Winner
- XR Award Winner
- Apple Vision Pro “App of the Year”

Combining traditional production with deep fluency in emerging media—from generative AI and spatial storytelling to R&D workflows—Dave actively shapes the future of narrative experience.

His passion lies in telling stories with massive scope, scale, heart, and excitement—narratives that take audiences to places they've never been, in ways they’ve never seen. He is committed to creating global franchise content for emerging audiences that evolves with the changing media landscape—redefining what it means to emotionally connect with and inspire viewers across platforms, formats, and worlds.

Dave’s projects in development:

A breakthrough content format designed for YouTube, immersive environments, and mobile platforms—blending audience participation with cinematic storytelling in ways never experienced.

In parallel, he’s also in development on a feature film script that explores the modern emotional frontier of human-technology relationships—specifically, what it means when your last best friend is a f**king robot.

Along with a scripted dramatic series — Set in the 1990s, it’s an exploration of the American Dream, Truth, Duty, and the quiet heroism of those who keep delivering when no one else will.

Finally, he’s launching a high-profile immersive podcast series that reinvents traditional formats through a hybrid of documentary, narrative, and emerging production techniques taking audiences behind the scenes like never before.